Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'That Politics may be reduced to a Science' and 'Of the First Principles of Government'

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7 ideas

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
21093 Friendship without community spirit misses out on the main part of virtue [Hume]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions
21091 It would be absurd if even a free constitution did not impose restraints, for the public good [Hume]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites
21092 Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole [Hume]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
21094 There are two kinds of right - to power, and to property [Hume]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights
21095 It is an exaggeration to say that property is the foundation of all government [Hume]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy
16713 Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
6610 I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]